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What was the worst game adapation of a movie you have ever played? (piefed.social)
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For me, it has to be Alien: Colonial Marines as it's terrible due to inconsistent frame rate (moments the game ran smooth and times where lag was insane, even with the best hardware). Both player & enemy AI is crap since the combat wasn't even that immersive plus Xenomorph AI isn't as intimidating due to it being poorly implemented.

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[โ€“] tal@lemmy.today 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

To cue anyone's memory:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_based_on_films

[โ€“] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I never knew there were two Beverley Hills Cop video games. Although both sound very uninspired. I might check out the 1990 DOS version, as an excursion in time type of experience.

Some other adaptions that I thought were interesting:

  • City of Lost Children - Seems like the art was great but the point and click gameplay was horrendous. Might have to play this with a guide.
  • Fifth Element - Sounds like a 90s era cheap tie-in game.
  • The Crow: City of Angels - As described in the wiki article, the beat em up gameplay sounds as generic as you can get. The Crow could make for an awesome RPG experience.
  • Cutthroat Island - One of my hidden gem movies (probably mostly nostalgia), game doesn't sound interesting. Why couldn't they make a Cutthroat Island strategy game in the vein of Tropico 2: Pirate Cove?
  • Fight Club - Superficially, it sort of makes sense to make a fighting game based on Fight Club, but in reality this is an awful fit for the book/movie.
  • The Godfather (1991) - An action side-scroller based on The Godfather?
  • The Lawnmower Man - Might have to check out the FMV version, it could work well considering the 90s themes and aesthetics.
  • Little Nicky - Last time I watched this (in the cinema no less), I was a young kid. The game doesn't seem (as) awful compared to the low quality tie-ins on the list.
  • Minority Report: Everybody Runs - Sounds like a shit tier action tie in for a pretty unique movie / short story.
  • No Escape - Would have never thought this movie would have had a game adaption, but it sounds like it was a super low effort adaption using source code from other movie adaptions from the early 90s.
  • Pandorum - You could make a really RPG or strategy game based on the Pandorum movie. I am assuming the iPhone only game was low effort and shit.
  • Platoon (2002) - Surprised to see there was an RTS variant, although the reviews suggest it was complete shit.
  • Ratatouille - One my favourite animated movies and they adapted it as a platformer? A strategy/tycoon (restaurant management) game would have been so cool.
  • The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces - One of my favourite movies. This is Wii only, I wonder if it's playable on PC. Sounds like a good game.
  • Vampire Hunter D - Not sure if 90s era RE style survival horror is a good fit for the Vampire Hunter D movies. Might be a pain to emulate on PC.
  • Waterworld - While not a direct adaption, Flotsam does work as a spiritual strategy/colonysim adaption for Waterworld. The formal adaptions don't look appealing.
  • Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin - I remember playing this as kid, it didn't seem too impressive even back then.

Might have to check out City of Lost Children, The Lawnmower Man, The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces (if I can make it work on a PC) and possibly Little Nicky (purely for the sake of nostalgia).